EFFECTIVE MEANS DEVISED TO KEEP VOTE FROM NEGRO
Francis W. Carpenter surveys methods used in southern states to bar African Americans from Democratic primaries. He notes Texas Florida Arkansas Florida laws and Supreme Court rulings shaped party rules. Georgia Alabama Virginia Tennessee and Mississippi show varied barriers often based on literacy residency or prior voting. The piece discusses evolving practices from reconstruction days and highlights the Democratic White Primary as a defined barrier.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Atlanta
Dixie
United States
South
White Man’s Club
Texas
Florida
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
North Corona
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Democratic Executive Committee
High Court
Atte
Democratic Party
Little Rock
U.S. Supreme Court
Republican Party
Culbertsons Leading Sims 9,000 as Play Reaches Half Mark
In New York on April 4 AP reports the Culbertsons lead the Sims by 9 460 points at the halfway mark of a 150 rubber bridge match. Ely and Josephine Culbertson hold 38 to 31 in rubbers and a total score of 61 250 to 51 780 while Hal and Dorothy Sims won a net 1 880 points yesterday.
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New York
Sims - Culbertson
Ely
Josephine Culbertson
Hal Sims
Hal
Dorothy Sims
Culbertsons
Simses
Soviet Firing Squad Executes Nine Robbers and Killers
Moscow April 4 AP Nine robbers and killers were executed by firing squad at Leningrad after swift convictions as part of a national anti crime drive. Among the condemned were two motormen who robbed women and streetcar conductors, and three were executed for killing a police officer during a looting spree. One man had slain a guard who intervened as he stole sausages and cheese from a Park of Culture and Rest restaurant, with three of the executions carried out in Leningrad on murder and robbery charges.
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Moscow
Hert
Leningrad
Park of Culture and Rest
Roosevelt Pictured As Best Electrical Salesman in Country
President Roosevelt described before the House Interstate Committee as the best salesman in the United States for electricity. B W Kerr of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association testified there is a market for electricity with no doubt. The committee questioned Kerr about the utility holding company regulation bill yesterday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Interstate Committee
United States
B. W. Kerr
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Movie Listings Include The Good Fairy And More
Houston shows Margaret Sullivan and Herbert Marshall in The Good Fairy with shorts Band Act Horrors and Silly Symphony Lullaby Land Also Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen in Under Pressure plus Sing Sister Sing Tauspin Tommy Alabama Web hosts Paul Lukas in The Casino Murder Case plus Fixed Uppers Frontier Days Rustlers of Red Dog Alcazar features Johnny Weismuller Athletes Inducted University Alabama April 3 Young Boozer Lee Rogers and Jimmy Walker in Omicorom Delta Kappa ceremony
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Houston Thurs
Margaret Sullivan
Herbert Marshall
Horrors
Silly Symphony
Edmund Lowe
Victor MacLaglen
Tauspin Tommy
Alabama
Paul Lukas
bin Cody
University
Ala
Young Boozer
Lee Rogers
Jimmy Walker
Omicorom Delta Kappa Honorary Service Fraternity
Primary voting exclusion echoed by constitution in South
A statement notes that from voting in primaries in this state the constitution restricts general elections to negroes throughout the South.
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South
Dust Storms and Drought Force Florida Farmers to Flee
Dust storms and prolonged drought push Hillsborough and West Coast farmers to abandon their fields near Tampa. County agricultural agent C. P. Wright stated the weather scourge is driving growers to leave their farms as the dust storms intensify across the region.
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Florida
Tampa
C. P. Wright
Hillsborough County
Wright
Drought Wrecks County Crops Across Western Prairies
W. T. Watkins, Chairman of the County Commission from Plant City, says 25 percent of the county vegetable crop is ruined by drought and dust storms. He notes no meaningful rain since last fall, roots exposed by dust storms, and crops burned and shriveled as powdery dust covers fields.
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W. T. Watkins
Plant City
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